| Murders in New York City Fell 20% in 2025, Though Reported Rapes Rose
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:15:48 +0000
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| Caltech, a Science Powerhouse, Hires Ray Jayawardhana as Its New President
- Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also praised his credentials as a communicator at a time when science is under attack.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:59:45 +0000
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| How Venezuela’s Oil Could Shake Up the World Supply
- The country could, eventually, attract investment and re-emerge as a force in the oil markets, but many analysts are concerned about an oversupply.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:47:24 +0000
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| Democrats Commemorate Jan. 6, Highlighting Trump’s Role
- On Capitol Hill, Democrats spent the fifth anniversary of the riot forcefully rebutting the president’s attempts to rewrite the history of the attack, as he stepped up his false claims.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:45:43 +0000
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| Trump Warns of Impeachment if Republicans Lose Midterm Elections
- President Trump is still sowing doubt about the integrity of America’s elections. The claims could affect this year’s midterms.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:20:11 +0000
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| Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire Was Not Inspected for 6 Years, Authorities Say
- Officials in Crans-Montana, the Swiss alpine resort town where a bar fire killed 40 people last week, are facing growing accusations of lax oversight.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:18:45 +0000
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| The Judge in the Maduro Case Must Step Aside
- There is no simple procedural mechanism for lawyers, or the public, to challenge the fitness of judges.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:13:33 +0000
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| Iran Says It’s Investigating Violence at Weekend Protests
- Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:57:35 +0000
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| After Maduro’s Ouster, Marco Rubio Faces the Challenge of Running Venezuela
- The secretary of state helped steer President Trump to attacking Venezuela and seizing Nicolás Maduro, and now aims to force the country to give U.S. companies access to its oil.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:56:55 +0000
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| Homeland Security Steps Up Enforcement in Minneapolis
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the effort was its “largest operation to date.”
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:27:26 +0000
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| Photographing 52 Places to Go in 2026
- Every year the New York Times’s Travel desk compiles the 52 places to go. Gabriela Bhaskar visits two locations.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:26:34 +0000
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| European Leaders Meet for Latest Round of Ukraine Talks
- The discussions, also attended by top U.S. negotiators and other allies of Ukraine, are intended to make progress on European commitments to postwar security if a cease-fire is reached.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:08:02 +0000
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| Doug LaMalfa Is Dead: Republican Congressman From California Was 65
- Mr. LaMalfa, a Republican, had represented a district in northeastern California since 2013, and portrayed himself as a voice for the rural residents of the area.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:35:15 +0000
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| Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
- The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:09:43 +0000
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| Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?
- Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:36:01 +0000
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| A Jan. 6 Rioter Returned to the Capitol Seeking Forgiveness
- Pamela Hemphill, who said she rejected President Trump’s pardon for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, apologized to a Capitol Police officer who was assaulted during the mayhem.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:20:03 +0000
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| American Federation of Teachers Sues Texas Over Educators’ Comments on Charlie Kirk
- The lawsuit challenges a conservative effort to punish those who criticized Mr. Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:19:36 +0000
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| Can You Optimize Love?
- A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:35:47 +0000
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| How the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Reinforces Xi’s Vision of Power in Asia
- The U.S. assault on Venezuela points to a world where big powers seek to call the shots in their regions, an idea Beijing knows well.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:34:43 +0000
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| Kennedy Set to Release New Nutrition Guidelines
- He has promised a major shake-up of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Here’s what experts are watching for.
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:03:21 +0000
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